Mycofactocin and the mycobacterial electron transport chain

Abstract

In the bacterium M. smegmatis, an enzyme called MftG allows the cofactor mycofactocin to transfer electrons released during ethanol metabolism to the electron transport chain.

Keywords

• Mycolicibacterium smegmatis
• mycofactocin
• mycobacteria
• respiration
• redox cofactor
• oxidoreductase